12-06-2010, 03:37 AM
(12-05-2010, 07:51 PM)ham Wrote: I do my homework, then take the exam...and wait to see...I didn't copy off anyone when I was in high school, go figure.
I'm sure that's true for about 99% of us.
I had the misfortune of having one of the loser 1% in an online grad course I taught. Apparently he had obtained a model answer to homework problems from a previous student in another class (all the classes used the same format regardless of the instructor). The first model answer was footnoted, and thus included a further explanation at the bottom of the page, below the second model answer.
Dumbass student copied the model answer verbatim, except he didn't understand that the footnote at the bottom was for the first answer, so he included it in his answer to the second problem.
For some reason said student also did very poorly on the final, received one of the only two "C" grades I was allowed to award for the course. This turned out to be his second "C" grade, which flunked him out of the program.
Definitely a lot tidier than going admin on him.He really wasn't getting penalized for cheating so much as for cheating so badly. Never kid a kidder.